Game device.



O. WESTON.

GAMB DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.14. 1911.

1,006,516, Patented 0@t..24,1911'.

@LNE i PTENT FFCE.

OLIVER WESTON, E CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Galvin DEVICE..

'and amusing pastime for any number of players, and to provide a poolgaine which ,ing a sloping bottom 1S.

slopes from the rear end to the front, and

can be played and enjoyed by the unskilled player as Well the skilledplayer. Furt-her objects Will be evident from the hereinafterdescription.

The invent-ion is embodied essentially in a pool table mounted in aframe and capable of manipulation by hand to pocket the balls thereon,thus disl'iensing with the cue,

with which it is difcult to shoot accurately unless the player. is Wellexperienced or skilled in the use thereof.

'The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Whichsimilar reference figures indicate similar parts, and in Whichliigure 1is a perspective ofthe gaine device. Fig. 2 is a. cross section through.the central apertures of a modified form. Fig. 3 is a, longitudinalcentral section of the gaine device as shown in Fie'. 1. Fig. 4t is aplan view of a modified form.

The frame is shown at 11, and the lower portion thereof forms thereceptacle 17, hav- This bottom the same, as Well as the receptacleextends forwardly beyond the ,frame 1l to form the extension 1T of thereceptacle, which is exposed..y This frame is .rectangular in shapefandthe front end 19 thereof is removable therefrom by means of screws 24;for the purpose hereinafter described. The said end is spaced above thebottom 18 to.

form a passage thereunder. Along the sides of frame and on the insidethereof are ribs orjraclgs 22.

Aotuble 12 is slidably mounted in the said frame and en the said ribs 22by means of the channels 29 engaged thereby. This table is shorter Ythanthe freine 11 and is also Vrectanejolar in shape, the ratioei. the sidesof such tables being 'usually tivo to one.

V Therefore, the table is slidable longitudinally in the. said fra-incrThis table12 Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed January 14, 1911.

Patented et. 24, 1911.

serial No. 602,629.

has an upper playing surface 13, and has disposed around the peripherythereof corner apertures or passages and centrally located apertures orpassages 15, as is common in the standard pool table. Between the saidapertures 1,5 and around the periphery of the table are cushions 16 ofrubber or suitable material. Between. the end 19 of the frame and thefront end of the table are arranged coiled springs 23, whichv extendinto the recesses 27 in the front end of the said table. Rods or fingers21 are'arranged Within the si'irings 23 and have their inner endssecured to the table 12 and their outer ends slidable in the end 19 ofthe frame. One of the said rods or lingers 21, preferably the centralone 20, has itsbfront end projected beyond the end 19 of the frame andhas an outer knobI 2G. Rubber headed tacks 28 are arranged on the innerface of the rear end of the frame, and lie in the path of the table 12.provided VVon the front end of the table. The table can be .removed byremovingV end 19.

The playingsurfaee of the tablel 12 may be coneaved as'sliown at 13 inthe modieartiou shown in 2. In the form shown in Fig. '4. the coiledsprings 23 are substituted by an elliptical spring' 23', the linger orrod 21 being secured tothe frontI end of "the table,

'.llie balls or the lilre 14, With which the gaine is played, arearranged on the playing surface of the table. and by pulling op the knob2G and by holding' the frame stationarv. the table is pulled forwardlyin the said frame against the compression of the springs or springf andwhen released returns to its normal position at the rear end of theframe with an impactagainst. the rubber tacks or cushions 28, whichcauses the balls to scatter. kiss bound back from the cushions 1G. etc.,to remain upon the table or drop do'ufn apertures 15. ln passingi downthe apertures or passages'lfi the balls drop onto the bottom 18 and dueto the decline of saine thenY are forced to roll to the extension 17".

Numerous games can be played with this gaine device.y which are common,for example; the balls. 'Hfteen in nunflber, can be arrangedp'yrauiidically on the table. and the players can talre turns in trying'to obtain the inost number of ba ls by poclreting saine into 'theiwi-tures 15, or the balls can he numbered and the sum thereof obtainedLoops 25 may also be by each player indicating the winner. As these andother pool further description thereof is not thought necessary.

When playing with the table having a concave playing surface, the ballstend to return to the center of the table after shooting and gives eachplayer more ot an equal chance. The balls rolling into the extension 17can easily be removed, and counting ot the balls pocketed isfacilitated. Inste'ad of pulling the'knob 2G to move the table, the saidtable can be drawn against the compression of the spring or springs bypulling on the loops 25 ywith the fingers of the player.

It is also understood that various alterations and additions can be madeto the invention, within the scope of the appended claims, 'and that nolimitations are inferred by the specific construction shown anddescribed.

Having described my invention,- what I claim as newy isl. A ganie devicecomprising a trame having a lower receptacle which extends out from thesaid frame and the bottom of the said receptacle being inclined from thesaid' extended portion, a table slidably mount-ed within the said trameabove the said receptacle and having an upper playingr surface andapertures therein passing through the table to the said receptacle, aspring having tension between the said frame and table, cushions aroundthc periphery of the said table, and means for pulling' the said tableagainst thetension of the said spring.

2. A game device comprising a frame having a lower receptacle, a tableslidably mounted within the said frame above the said receptacle andhaving an upper playing surface and apertures therein passing throughthe table to the said receptacle, a spring having tension between thesaid frame and table, cushions around the periphery of the said table,and means for sliding the said table against the tension of the saidspring.

3. A game device comprising a frame, a table slidably arranged on thesaid frame and havingr an upper playing surface and apertures therein, aspring having compression between the said frame and table, cushionsaround the periphery of the said table, and means for pulling the saidtable against the compression of the said spring.

ll. A game device comprising a frame, a Itable slidably arranged on thesaid frame gill'llQS are Common, a/

and having an upper playing surface and a plurality of apertures thereindisposed around the periphery thereof, a spring having tension betweenthe said frame and table, cushions around the periphery of the tablebetween the said apertures, and a i'inger projecting from the said tableand having a knob thereon to allow the table to be pulled against thetension of the said spring.

5. A game device comprising a frame having a lower receptacle whichextends out from the said frame and the bottom of the said receptaclebeing inclined from the said extended portion, a table slidably mountedwithin the said frame above the said receptacle and having an upperplaying surface and apertures therein passing through the table to thesaid receptacle, cushions around the periphery of the said table, andmeans for sliding the said table.

G. A game device comprising a rectangularframe having the lower end`extended at-onc end and the bottom thereof inclinedfrom .the said end,a rectangular table slidably mounted longitudinally in the said frameand spaced above the said bottom, the said table having an upper playingsurface and apertures arranged at the corners and sides thereof whichpass through the said table, a spring arranged between one end of thesa'id frame and table tending to hold the said table at one end of theframe, cushions around the periphery of the said table between the saidapertures, and a nger projecting from the said table out through thesaid frame and having` an outer knob to allow the table to he piilledagainst the tcnsion of the said spring.

7. A game device comprising a frame, a table slidably arranged on thesaid frame and having an upper playing surface which slopes from thesides and ends thereof to the center of the said table and the saidtable having a plurality of apertures arranged around the peripherythereof., cushions around the periphery of the said table between thesaid apertures, a spring having tension between the said frame andtable, and means for sliding the said table on the said frame againstthe tension of the said spring.

In testimony whereof` I do a llix my signaturc in presence of twouitnesses.,`

OLIVER WESTON. lvitncsses MONROE E. MILLER, EUGENE E. IVOLF.

